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R.- R. MQGLERG. RAILROAD GROSS TIE.

No. 512,387. Patented Jan. 9, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN R. MOCLERG, OF ROANOKE, ALABAMA.

RAILROAD CROSS-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 512,387, dated January9, 1894.

Application filed July 13,1893- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, REUBEN R. McOLERG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Roanoke, in the county of Randolph and State of Alabama,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RailroadGross-Ties; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked zhereon, which form a part of this specifica- My invention hasrelation to metallic railway cross ties; and consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of its parts, hereinafter set out in thisspecification and the claims thereto annexed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan View of a railwaytrack, the rails being secured on my cross tie. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of my cross tie holding in position a couple of rails. Fig. 3is a perspective View of my cross tie without the clamps. Fig. 4 isaperspective view of one of the inside clamps.

My invention is described as follows: The railway tie consists of threepieces secured together by proper bolts and nuts. The nuts may besecured in place by nut locks if desired. The cross tie proper consistsof the base A, cross pieces a, and the longitudinal center piece a. The'cross pieces a, are provided on their inner edges with grooves aadapted to grasp the outer flange of the railway rail. The lower face ofsaid groove is flush with the upper face of the longitudinal piece a;said longitudinal piece a, is provided with flanges a having at itsmiddle recesses a B, are the inside clamps having grooves b, adapted tograsp the inside flange of the rail; said clamp is provided on its underface with a recess 12', wide enough to slip over the part left betweenthe recesses a in' the part a, widening at W, sufficiently to receivethe flanges a of said center piece. The parts A, a, and a, are cast inone solid piece and the parts B, are each cast in one solid piece.

In operation my cross tie is put in proper place in the road bed. Therails are then laid Serial No. 480,376. (No model.)

along with their outside flanges in the grooves 0, of the cross piecesa. Then one clamp B, is set in at the recesses a and brought up toclampthe rail, the inner flange of said rail fitting in the groove 1).Another clamp is then put on at the recesses a and slipped to the otherside, the inside flange of the rail fitting in its groove 1). The clampsB, are then secured in place by bolts and nuts or by equivalent means.

In each end of the cross tie are two perforations that the same may bebolted to the timbers or stringers or bridges.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination of. the base A, cross piecesat, having grooves a center piece (1', having flanges a and recesses of;clamps B, having grooves b, and a recess 12, the whole adapted to clampand hold in place railway rails and to be secured by bolts and nuts orequivalents, substantially as shown and described and for the purposesset forth.

2. The combination of the base A, provided with end perforations; crosspieces (1, having grooves a center piece at, having flanges a andrecesses a and clamps B, having grooves 12, and recess 1), the wholeadapted to clamp and hold in place railway rails, and to be secured bybolts and nuts or equivalents, substantially as shown and described andfor the purposes set forth.

3. A metallic railway cross tie, consisting of a solid base, havingflanges near each end to grasp the outer flange of a railway rail, alongitudinal center piece having flanges to work in the recess of across piece, and cross pieces having recesses to fit over said flanges,and flanges to grasp the outer flanges of a railway rail, the wholeadapted to clamp and hold in place railway rails, and to be secured bybolts and nuts or equivalents, substantially as shown and described andfor the purposes set forth;

In testimony whereof I afflx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

REUBEN R. MCCLERG.

Witnesses:

D. S. DUNKIN, J. T. NELSON.

